Myosin light chain kinase 3 also known as MYLK3, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the MYLK3 gene.[5][6]

MYLK3
Identifiers
AliasesMYLK3, MLCK, MLCK2, caMLCK, myosin light chain kinase 3
External IDsOMIM: 612147; MGI: 2443063; HomoloGene: 35278; GeneCards: MYLK3; OMA:MYLK3 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001308301
NM_182493

NM_001297612
NM_175441

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001295230
NP_872299

NP_001284541
NP_780650

Location (UCSC)Chr 16: 46.7 – 46.79 MbChr 8: 86.05 – 86.11 Mb
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Function

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Phosphorylation of cardiac myosin heavy chains (see MYH7B) and light chains (see MYL2) by a kinase, such as MYLK3, potentiates the force and rate of cross-bridge recruitment in cardiac myocytes.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000140795Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000031698Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ "Entrez Gene: MLCK MLCK protein".
  6. ^ Seguchi O, Takashima S, Yamazaki S, Asakura M, Asano Y, Shintani Y, Wakeno M, Minamino T, Kondo H, Furukawa H, Nakamaru K, Naito A, Takahashi T, Ohtsuka T, Kawakami K, Isomura T, Kitamura S, Tomoike H, Mochizuki N, Kitakaze M (October 2007). "A cardiac myosin light chain kinase regulates sarcomere assembly in the vertebrate heart". J. Clin. Invest. 117 (10): 2812–24. doi:10.1172/JCI30804. PMC 1978424. PMID 17885681.
  7. ^ Chan JY, Takeda M, Briggs LE, Graham ML, Lu JT, Horikoshi N, Weinberg EO, Aoki H, Sato N, Chien KR, Kasahara H (March 2008). "Identification of cardiac-specific myosin light chain kinase". Circ. Res. 102 (5): 571–80. doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.161687. PMC 2504503. PMID 18202317.

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